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JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Volume 10, Issue 7, Pages 506-511Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s10008-005-0005-y
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platinum nanoparticles; Chini clusters; carbon paste electrodes; hydrogen evolution reaction
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Three Pt-based catalysts prepared in different radiolytic conditions and supported on graphite powder were packed into a carbon paste electrode configuration. They were compared to each other, to the commercial (Pt) deposited on activated carbon powder (Johnson Matthey) and to pure Vulcan XC-72 for their respective abilities toward the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The Tafel parameters were determined for all these electrodes. From the I-V curves and their quantitative treatment, the following order of activity emerged unambiguously and reads: (PtCO)(2) (fcc structure) > (PtCO)(1) (Chini cluster) > (Pt)(neat) > (Pt)(JM) (Johnson Matthey) >> (Vulcan XC-72). As expected, all the Pt-loaded electrodes were more efficient than Vulcan XC-72. The classification appears to be linked with the mean nanoparticle size, and for comparable sizes, with the surface morphology of the materials. The results and the stability of the electrodes suggest that the small particle sizes and the good dispersity on the carbon support were maintained during the HER.
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